No Filing Cabinet? What’s up with that?

There is a trend lately to have no filing cabinet and sometimes even no desk space!

But time after time I go to a first client assessment or am talking with someone about paperwork and they share that they don’t have a system for what they need to keep! I get that lifestyles have changed and lots of people work on their laptops on the sofa or at a table. Lots of us are trying to go paperless or at least handle and keep less paper but realistically we will probably always have certain papers we have to keep.

Enter—>The Stylish Filing Cabinet

One very common complaint I hear is that “file cabinets are ugly”, “if I could just find one that looks like a piece of furniture”…well folks I’m here to help! Here is a beautiful round up of a variety of stylish filing cabinet. Not baskets, boxes, binders or bins…we’ll get to those another day because if there is more than one of you with papers in your household, most likely you need a filing cabinet!

Luckily some great companies are bringing stylish filing systems in as furniture so you don’t have to forgo the style for the function! Some, like the cabinet below by Iannone Design is truly a work of art!

Horchow collection has a few beauties, I love these two mirror file boxes. Okay they are not filing cabinets but would work for a specific category or one person with minimal papers.

Wayfair has a lot of options from this more stylish rustic wood one drawer cabinet filing cabinet to more utilitarian ones.

Ikea has really basic affordable two drawer cabinets and there are tons of great DIY options for painting and making over your cabinet with fun colors, chalk board paint (image below from hometalk.com), decorative papers and more! Loads of popular furniture and home brands have great options as well like the white Credenza style filing cabinet by Crate and Barrel below.

With all these great stylish options there’s no reason to be keeping your paper in piles or bags anymore! Over the next few weeks I’ll be sharing lots of great tips for filing systems and I hope this stylish filing cabinet roundup inspires you to get your paperwork in order. For more inspiration check out my Pinterest Office Board or my Houzz Stylish Filing Cabinets Idea book.